Tag: Noun

Noun: Duckboard (DUK-bord) Definition: A boardwalk or slatted flooring laid on a wet, muddy, or cold surface; usually used in plural. Sample sentence: Someone...

Noun: Perquisite (PER-kwuh-zut) Definition: 1. A privilege or profit made in addition to regular pay 2. A gratuity or tip 3. Something held or claimed as...

Noun: Raillery (RAIL-uh-ree) Definition: 1. Good-natured ridicule: banter 2. Jest Sample sentence: New workers at the plant can expect to endure some raillery and joshing from the...

Noun: Subterfuge (SUB-ter-fyooj) Definition: 1. Deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade. 2. A deceptive device or stratagem. Sample sentence: They obtained...

Noun: Keister (KEE-stir) Definition: 1. A person's buttocks. 2. A small suitcase or satchel. Sample sentence: He fell right on his keister in front of the whole...

Noun: Swivet (SWIV-ut) Definition: A state of extreme agitation. Sample sentence: She was in a swivet for days before the meeting, but when...

Noun: Zeitgeist (TSYTE-gyste) Definition: The general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era. Sample sentence: The movie does an excellent job of capturing the...

Noun: Kibosh (KYE-bosh or KIH-bosh) Definition: Something that serves as a check or stop. Sample sentence: The economic downturn has put a kibosh on many...

Noun: Wallaroo (wah-luh-ROO) Definition: 1. A large reddish-gray kangaroo (Macropus robustus) -- called also euro. 2. Either of two kangaroos (Macropus antelopinus and M. bernardus) related...

Noun: Crux (KRUKS) Definition: 1. A puzzling or difficult problem. 2. An essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome. 3. A main or central feature (as...